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@sind i (Bifida CCRNELIUS PLAT'I,` OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. LaimPatent No. 83,541, dated canta 27, ases.

IMPRovnD CHAIR-SEAT.

i -*dope* To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS PLATT, of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new ImprovementinChair- Seats; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying (hawings, and the letters of referencemarkedv thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, inev Y Figure l, a top view ofthe seating;

Figure 2, a sectional view ofthe same;

Figure 3, a top view of the seating as fitted to the chair; and inFigure 4, a section of the same.

This invention is designed for an upholstered seating for common chairs,the seating itself being'an article of manufacture complete in itself,and which may be appliedto chairs of' the cheapest or best construction;and the invention consists in a body formed by a sheet of canvas `andsheet of pasteboard, or similar unelastic material, glued or securedtogether in similar manner, and this covered by any fabricated orflexible. material secured to the board and canvas, and stuffed 4betweenthe covering and board, which completes the chair-bottom. v

To enable others to fully understand my invention, I Will describe thesame as illustrated in the accompanying drawings'.

a, is a sheet of canvas, or other fabricated material, cut to the properform, according to the shape of the seat, anden to this is fitted apiece of pasteboard, or similar unelastic material, the two glued orgummed or stuck together in some manner, so as' to form prac tically onepiece ofthe two parts. The edge of this I chamf'er, as seen in fig. 2,then cut from any suitable fabric or covering-material a form littlelarger than the board, and place it thereon, so as to leave thenecessary slack in the covering, to admit the filling. This covering issecured to the board and canvas by gluing, or otherwise, leaving a shortspace upon the back side open; then through this space stuff the seatwith any suitable material, as denoted in figs. 2 and 4.

The edge of the covering may be bound, if desirable, Y

or otherwise finished.

This completes my chair-seating, as an article of manufacture.

It is secured to the chair by gluing, or otherwise, to the frame, asseen in figs. 3 `and 4. A

The space which is left open at the back, as at j, g. 3, is closed by ascrew,- or otherwise, so that if occasion may require, the stuffing maybe renewed or replenished.

Chair-bottoms thus produced are very cheap and durable, and have a muchnicer appearance than the ordinary cane-seat, at little if' any moreexpense.

`Having fully described my invention,

What I claim las new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

rThe chair-seating herein described, as an article of manufacture,consisting of' the compound foundation a and b, covered, and so as to beapplied to the chairframe, substantially in the manner herein set forth.CORNELIUS PLATT.

Witnesses A. J. TrBBI'rs,

J. II. SHUMWAY.-

